# Apidae
## Translingual
### Etymology

Apis +‎ -idae

### Proper noun

Apidae
* A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – most bees, including the honeybees, bumblebees, and carpenter bees.

#### Hypernyms

* (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily

#### Hyponyms

* (family): Apinae, Andreninae, Nomadinae, Xylocopinae - subfamilies
** Acanthopus, Aethammobates, Afromelecta, Agapanthinus, Aglae, Aglaomelissa, Alepidosceles, Allodape, Allodapula, Alloscirtetica, Amegilla, Ammobates, Ammobatoides, Ancyla, Ancyloscelis, Anthophora, Anthophorula, Apis, Apotrigona, Arhysoceble, Austroplebeia, Axestotrigona, Biastes, Bombus, Brachymelecta, Brachynomada, Braunsapis, Caenonomada, Caenoprosopina, Caenoprosopis, Camargoia, Canephorula, Cemolobus, Centris, Cephalotrigona, Ceratina, Chalepogenus, Chiasmognathus, Chilimalopsis, Cleptotrigona, Coelioxoides, Compsomelissa, Ctenioschelus, Ctenoplectra, Ctenoplectrina, Cubitalia, Dactylurina, Deltoptila, Diadasia, Diadasina, Doeringiella, Duckeola, Ebaiotrigona, Effractapis, Elaphropoda, Epeoloides, Epeolus, Epicharis, Epiclopus, Eremapis, Ericrocis, Eucera, Eucerinoda, Eucondylops, Eufriesea, Euglossa, Eulaema, Exaerete, Exomalopsis, Exoneura, Exoneurella, Exoneuridia, Florilegus, Friesella, Frieseomelitta, Gaesischia, Gaesochira, Geniotrigona, Geotrigona, Habrophorula, Habropoda, Halterapis, Hamatothrix, Heterotrigona, Hexepeolus, Holcopasites, Homotrigona, Hopliphora, Hypotrigona, Isepeolus, Kelita, Lanthanomelissa, Leiopodus, Lepidotrigona, Lestrimelitta, Leurotrigona, Liotrigona, Lisotrigona, Lophothygater, Lophotrigona, Macrogalea, Manuelia, Martinapis, Melanempis, Melecta, Melectoides, Meliphilopsis, Meliplebeia, Melipona, Meliponula, Melissodes, Melissoptila, Melitoma, Melitomella, Meliwillea, Mesocheira, Mesonychium, Mesoplia, Micronychapis, Mirnapis, Monoeca, Mourella, Nannotrigona, Nanorhathymus, Nasutapis, Neolarra, Neopasites, Nogueirapis, Nomada, Notolonia, Odontotrigona, Odyneropsis, Oreopasites, Osirinus, Osiris, Oxytrigona, Pachymelus, Pachysvastra, Papuatrigona, Parammobatodes, Paranomada, Paratetrapedia, Paratrigona, Paratrigonoides, Parepeolus, Pariotrigona, Partamona, Pasites, Peponapis, Platysvastra, Platytrigona, Plebeia, Plebeiella, Plebeina, Protosiris, Pseudepeolus, Ptilothrix, Ptilotrigona, Rhathymus, Rhinepeolus, Rhogepeolus, Rhopalolemma, Santiago, Scaptotrigona, Scaura, Schmiedeknechtia, Schwarziana, Schwarzula, Simanthedon, Sinomelecta, Sphecodopsis, Spinopasites, Sundatrigona, Svastra, Svastrides, Svastrina, Syntrichalonia, Tapinotaspis, Tapinotaspoides, Tarsalia, Teratognatha, Tetragona, Tetragonilla, Tetragonisca, Tetragonula, Tetralonia, Tetraloniella, Tetralonioidella, Tetrapedia, Tetrigona, Thalestria, Thygater, Thyreomelecta, Thyreus, Toromelissa, Townsendiella, Trichocerapis, Trichotrigona, Triepeolus, Trigona, Trigonisca, Trigonopedia, Triopasites, Ulugombakia, Xenoglossa, Xeromelecta, Xylocopa, Zacosmia – extant genera

### References

* Apidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Apidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Apidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons